tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69786433673949536622012-02-17T08:44:37.082-05:00<img src="http://www.elksareok.com/rss.jpg"><BR> <CENTER>DEDICATED TO RESURFACING THE FORGOTTEN POP PUNK HITS OF YESTERYEAR.</CENTER>mikespiegsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978643367394953662.post-6046179541605135112010-01-20T08:08:00.002-05:002010-01-20T08:13:47.399-05:00

Yeah, Sorry I haven't posted stuff in two years and let the domain where I hosted all the files expire but such is life. Thanks to everyone who has sent me emails and sorry if I haven't wrote back, I'm a bastard. Time permitting, I'll try to be good and maybe resurrect this thing. Anyways, got this email last night and thought I'd share:Hi, this is Scott from the band The Invalids. I got your

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Sorry for the lack of post lately..... Things will pick up again soon. In the meantime.. I'm selling a whole bunch of records (sadly):http://bored.knockknockrecords.com/index.php/topic,38616.0.htmlCheck it out and drop me a line on there or via email if you're interested in anything.

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The Invalids - Part II - Johnny K Took My Baby AwayWell, this is the first time i'm posting a band for the second time, but at least it's for something worthwhile. I received an email from Trevor pointing out that I missed this 7" in The Invalids discography in my previous post. The Invalids in fact have 3 7"'s and an album, not 2. A lot of times I go off strictly memory when writing this stuff

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The Power Pellets "What's the odds?"Before Dog the Bounty Hunter became one of Hawaii's most infamous icons there were The Power Pellets. I'm assuming they were named after the little yellow pixels that Pac Man eats when he's not running from ghosts but who knows. The Power Pellets sound like the kids next door that start a pop punk band after the guy at the record store turned them on to

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The Hi-FivesFormed out of the ashes of the Ne'er Do Wells and with a passion for garage rock the Hi-Fives came on the scene in 1995. They have more hooks than a shower curtain and more class than a school teacher. Their unique brand of poppy garage pop/punk resonates joyfully to my deepest aural cavities. Jangly guitars usually distortion free, nasally but not too nasally vocals often dual

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Pink LincolnsSome of you may wonder.. Why would Pink Lincolns be in the Greatest Hits and not a band of higher noterity that i've already posted? Well, the answer is quite simple: It's my blog and I pick the hits... If you don't like it, leave a nasty comment. Noone ever comments on here anyways. The Pink Lincolns are from Tampa, Florida a mere spitting distance from my home in Orlando. They are

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Sloppy Seconds "Destroyed"If Garbage Pale Kids could manifest themselves as real people they would probably look and sound something like Sloppy Seconds. Around since the late 80's, and still around today (yeah, they're on myspace) they've been spreading gluttony, porn and other vices as far as they can possibly reach -- in a very catchy way. Their song "I don't want to be a homosexual"

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Zoinks!Well, I think this may wrap up Dr. Strange Records for a while. In all fairness, Zoinks has releases on other labels but I believe all their full lengths were on DSR. Anyways, it's trivial... As stated in a post earlier Zoinks are back together, see here and here .Here's some history from their myspace:Zoinks! began in the winter of 1992 in Reno, Nevada in a depressed basement near

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PROLOGUE:(skip to the end if you don't feel like reading)To give you an example of how deep rooted my geekiness for pop punk was at a certain point I used to lie awake at night in bed, and i'm not even joking about this, dream about the perfect line up I would want to see at a show. Screeching Weasel headlines, Dillinger Four opens, Sicko and the Parasites are in there somewhere and of course...

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The Invalids "Wiseguys"Gone, but definitely not forgotten as they're still a fav on the Pop Punk Bored and Insubordination Records is planning on rereleasing their debut (and only) album "Out of My Head". The Invalids recorded 2 singles in addition to that album. One of those singles came out on Lookout! Records at a time when every band wanted very badly to be on Lookout. Then there is this

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GauntProbably the only full fledged (pop) punk band to have a record released on Thrill Jockey Records (that label that releases Sea and Cake, Tortoise, Mouse on Mars, etc). This aside, these songs are from a record by them that was not released on Thrill Jockey but on Amphetamine Reptile Records in 1995. As far as sound? They're definitely unique.. not your average songs about girls or

mikespiegsnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978643367394953662.post-22825942415705990732007-08-02T16:29:00.001-04:002008-12-10T21:58:19.380-05:00

The Mute-Ants1995-1999These guys were from my hometown in South Florida.. well, about 45 minutes north in West Palm Beach.. Probably the only band from Florida to have a release on Mutant Pop.... Anyways, they did the Screeching Weasel/Ramones thing in their own way and were pretty good at it.Here is a clip from their first show via YouTube:Some notes from about the clip from a member of the

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Horace PinkerHorace Pinker falls into the wow-I-cant-believe-they're-still-together category. I remember hearing that Chris Bauermeister from Jawbreaker was playing with them a couple years back and remembered thinking it was interesting they were still playing music. Anyways, I remember them mostly for their first album and their split single with Doc Hopper. They had that Early-Mid 90's

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Harmless Records 1993-2004Harmless Records existed from 1993-2004 and put out many a fine record in their day. They mostly released records from local area Chicago bands whom may have never saw the light of day otherwise. Their earliest records showcased some of the finest bands of the time and if I wasn't so lazy I probably would probably dedicate individual post to them (actually, i've already

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The Proms "Bubble BathThe Proms were from Ohio and released this single on Mutant Pop and two albums. One of the members was in Beatnik Termites post-Proms (he might still be, fuck if I know) and to the best of my knowledge these guys are broken up forever. Very 1950's Bubblegum Pop inspired punk. They were probably the closest thing you'll find to a punk rock version of a barbershop quartet.

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UnderhandI don't know if i'd go as far to say that Underhand was Pre Zoinks! (who are back together, by the way.. maybe they'll tour with The Bollweevils and Weston) but the singer from Underhand did go on to join Zoinks in the mid-90's. This song is from Underhand's second single on Mutant Pop, their first single being the first record on Mutant Pop (thats matrix MP-01 to you).Underhand - Under

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CletusWell, what to say about Cletus? They were fronted by "Johnny Puke" who coincidentally was the person to discover GG Allin's body when he died, they released some albums, single or two and were from South Carolina of all places. Apparently Johnny Puke throws himself huge Punk Rock birthday parties every year and a bunch of punk rock rednecks show up. These songs come off their last record,

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After School SpecialI'm not sure if After School Special would have had an easier time being a band if they were around now or a harder time. The reason I wonder this is because they never played shows. This may not sound like a big deal... there are plenty of bands around now that make music on laptops and post their songs on various websites and promote themselves through myspace (among other

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History of The Bollweevils (part 1)Well, it appears that The Bollweevils are officially not broken up anymore. They have rose from the ashes and even have a website that has been updated this year (yeah, 2007) and a myspace page and all. They're playing shows and have a live record scheduled for release.Here is some history, straight from their page: Undisputed

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Carter Peace Mission1994-2000Carter Peace Mission "Exchanged"Carter Peace Mission were a band. Carter Peace Mission liked writing short poppy punk songs. The songs were as poppy as they were fast. The songs were about like girls...and...stuff. Carter Peace Mission still lives on in the soulless pit that is Myspace. I don't know for sure but I think it's fairly safe to say that Carter Peace

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Hanson Brothers "It's a Secret"Hanson Brothers are simple men. Simple men who enjoy some of the finer things in life. You know... like Hockey, Ramones, Girls and Beer. It's no surprise that these fine gentlemen hail from the great northern country of Canada.The Hanson Brothers take a more hard edged approach to the Ramones then even the Ramones did. This is also not surprising as The Hanson

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Shock TreatmentShock Treatment is and sings in Spanish.. You may remember them from their split with Beatnik Termites. It doesn't really matter if you cant understand what the they're saying as they could be singing in a language they made up and it'd still be good.This website says it best:When Shock Treatment started in early 1990, its members, Coky (guitar), Israel (drums) and Jose (bass and

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Not to be confused with the late 70's power pop band of the same name, Jolt was around in the early/mid 90's and put out a series of singles on Shredder Records. They're an incredibly hard band to search for online and have faded into complete obscurity. They sound a lot like Jawbreaker ala "Unfun", Everready, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp, Nothing Cool, etc etc. Here, in their entirety, are

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Porcelain Boys "If you were real"Speaking of bands that sound like Descendents... here are the Porcelain Boys. They hailed from Minneapolis and were around for most of the 90's. Porcelain Boys sound like the poppy Descendents' songs off their earlier records (i.e. Bikeage, Hope, etc).. The singer even sounds like Milo. They put out an album on Pop Kid Records and it's not an awful album but you

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Quit "Me for Me"I was going to try and hold out and put up a compendium of South Florida pop punk bands but this song (and album, for that matter) is so good I thought I'd put it up now. I don't think Quit was really known outside of the South Florida area but they were around from the mid 90's until 2002. Their sound changed over the years but they seemed to stay true to themselves. "Me for

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WinepressWinepress were on Harmless Records who have sadly, after years, stopped releasing records. They have a myspacepage which states the following:Winepress was a Chicago/Homewood pop punk band from 1991-1995. We released two 7 inches and a split 7 inch with The Fighters. We have been on several out of print compilations and finally the "Complete Recordings" on Harmless Records. We have

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The StrikeFrom the web:Hailing now from Chicago The Strike have quickly become the leaders of the leftist revolution. The story actually begins in the city of Minneapolis in early 1993. The band was started by Chad Anderson (guitar, vocals) and former guitarist Micah Garlich-Miller. They recruited Chad's brother Chris Anderson as their drummer and local Minneapolis bassist Kris Adams. Both Chad

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Tilt "Play Cell"The first time I saw Tilt they opened up for Green Day at a shotty club named Plus Five in Ft. Lauderdale. It was my first show and my first introduction to anything punk rock. It was really perfect timing as Dookie had just came out and Green Day had not yet graced the airwaves of MTV. I'm not sure if I should thank my older sister for taking me or blame her for the years

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Schleprock "Happy Home"Geez.. This is like the 5th thing I've posted about on Dr. Strange Records but I swear after they started releasing Peter and the Test Tube Babies albums these bands fell into some kind of blackhole to never be heard or seen from again. After Dr. Strange, Schelprock made the oft repeated mistake of many bands of the era: They signed to a Major Label. Guess what happened a

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Plow UnitedPlow United hailed from the great state of Pennsylvania and brought forth the anthems. They were originally known as just Plow but probably due to some other band threatening to sue them over the name they changed to Plow United. They were on Creep Records, who have totally revamped their website erasing every bit of their best years and are now promoting bands that look like they

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Rhythm Collision "A Look Away"Ah, Rhythm Collision. The first time I heard about them was at a friends' record store a night they were playing a show they decided to stop by and do an in store except they didn't actually play any songs. I wanted to go to the show but it was 18+. Even worse I didn't know how uncool it is to ask a punk band for signatures but they didn't seem to mind.. I still

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Hagfish "Rocks Your Lame Ass"The first time I heard of Hagfish was when I went to go see Bad Brains during the middle of the week to a room of about 30 people in the mid-90's. Bad Brains played a bunch of shitty songs off their "God of Love" album but the band that opened, Hagfish, was awesome. The first impression I got of them is that they saw Green Day on TV and decided to start a band.

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Jon Cougar Concentration CampJon Cougar Concentration Camp pisses me off.. They came out with a string of 7"'s that were amazing a decent album and then all of a sudden they signed to BYO Records and became shitty. It would have been better if they broke up after their first album and could have been a legacy, but no, they had to stay together and suck. BYO Records seems to have a habit of this

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In Like Flynn 7"Probably never known outside of Florida, In Like Flynn was around for a very brief period in the mid 90's. Bill from Discount played in the band and their 7" was on Parking Lot Records which was Discount's DIY label. You used to be able to find multiple copies of this record everywhere despite how great it is. When I worked at a record store someone once came in trying to get

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Doc Hopper "Meilor"Doc Hopper was from Boston and was initially on Ringing Ear Records along with Sinkhole (see below) and others. They were around for most of the 1990's and released many records some of which i'm sure are still available. Here are a couple tracks.Doc Hopper - MeilorDoc Hopper - Geiger

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Nothing Cool "For You"Perhaps mostly remembered for their split 12" with The Lillingtons is Nothing Cool. While the band name doesn't really promise much in the way of something worth listening to the music is quite contrary. I bought this 7" back when it came out and could not stop listening to the first song "For You". The other 3 songs were OK but fuck, this song is great. I'll be honest

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The Automatics "Self Titled"Not to be confused with many other bands who have used the name, The Automatics were from Portland, OR and one of the finest bands on Mutant Pop Records. If you took any other pop punk band around at the time and added stimulants you would have something close to what The Automatics resembled. They still have a website but it's to tell when it was last touched as the

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Gore Gore Girls "Nightbreed"Not to be confused with the more recent band called Gore Gore Girls, this Gore Gore Girls was the band of Ben Weasel and Jughead post-1st Screeching Weasel breakup. This is the only song that was ever released by them appearing on the "Mouthful of Moneky Bile" 7" compilation. It was later rerecorded appeared on the Screeching Weasel EP "Major Label Debut". Here is

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The HalflingsThe Halflings, to the best of my knowledge, were a very short lived pop punk band. They received a bunch of hype when they first came out and their 7"'s were really hard to find, at least in my neck of the woods in Ft. Lauderdale. I think they had something to do with Teen Idols but I could be totally wrong. Anyways, they're somewhat similar to Teen Idols, Screeching Weasel,

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Everready "Never Walk Away"Eeverready was gruff.. Gruff like Jawbreaker ala Unfun. "Never Walk Away" is off one of their earlier 7"'s released on Campground Records (who also released the likes of Jon Cougar Concentration Camp, another gruff band). They later went on to put out records and Mutant Pop, Liquid Meat and a bunch of other record labels. I'm horrible at writing these

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Weston "Just Like Kurt"Weston has been writing catchy pop punk songs since 1990 and are still together and playing shows according to their Myspace page. They've had quite a history and have been on many labels, including majors, over the years. They've shared records with many bands including Bouncing Souls, Plow United and Digger. "Just Like Kurt" is off their first album A Real Life Story

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BlewBlew was a pop punk band from Japan. There were surprising a lot of pop punk bands from Japan in the mid-late 90's most of whom had their records released on Snuffy Smiles. I'm not sure if Snuff and Leatherface toured Japan or something but the Japanese punk rockers sure seemed to like them for some reason. Both these songs are off the Broken Rekids album "You're not the only one". If

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Man Dingo "Blue 60"Off an album thats still available from Dr. Strange Records for $1 is Man Dingo's "Blue 60". To be honest, I really don't know a lot about Man Dingo except for the fact that I used to listen to Ifive all the time when I was 15 years old. They have passed into the dustbin of history of pop punk bands. I believe they may have shared members with Brown Lobster Tank but I could

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Sicko "The Juice is Loose"Sicko is, was, and will probably always be, one of my favorite bands. Hailing from Seattle, which seems like an unusual place for a punk band being the alternagrunge movement at the time, Sicko had a unique brand of pop punk. They often strayed away from the stereotypical songs about girls persona that often plagues pop punk and seemed to pick unique subject matter (

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Wax "Who is Next"Remember Wax? For weeks, maybe months on end MTV played the hell out of their video for "California" and turned them into superstars overnight. The video was actually really cool... It was directed by Spike Jonze and featured a guy on fire running down a street in slow motion. Due to the hype machine that was Wax many people ignored the album and the people that did buy it sold

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The Potatomen "That Girl"The Potatomen were more a band known for who was in the band rather then their music. If Larry Livermore did not own the label, Lookout! would have probably never put out The Potatomen's music. Especially if you look at the other bands they were releasing at the time (Weasel, Avail, MTX,The Queers, etc) The Potatomen would have definitely been a hard sell with Larry

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The Crumbs "Sheila"Florida's beloved own, The Crumbs. Around since the mid 1990's and apparently still around today according to their website (which hasn't been updated in a year) The Crumbs brought the pop punk flavor through the streets of Miami. Early on they were inspired by the likes of Screeching Weasel, The Saints and Ramones. Towards the beginning of their Lookout! Records career they

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Scared of Chaka "Submarines"Why bother to write when someone has already saved me the work.From Wikipedia:Scared Of Chaka were a punk rock band based in Albuquerque, New Mexico who formed in 1993 by guitarist/vocalist David Yanul Hernandez, bassist Dameon Waggoner, and drummer Jeff Jones who was later replaced by Ron Skrasek. The band played a Dickies inspired mix of garage and pop-punk,

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Cub... no, Buck.Buck is the first post-Cub band of Lisa Marr. If you're not familiar with Cub/Lisa Marr you need look no further then They Might Be Giants who covered their song "New York City" or Sicko who covered "Little Star" (and if you're not familiar with Sicko, just keep checking back to this blog). How about "Magic 8 Ball" covered by Groovie Ghoulies? If thats not enough, Lisa Marr has

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Sinkhole "Never is Now"Sinkhole has fell into the, well, Sinkhole of forgotten pop punk bands. They seem to take this in pride on their website boasting "One of Sinkhole's many claims to fame is the fact that we have never once been mp3'd by a person not in the band. There's a simple reason for that, and it's not uncrackable encryption. We call it 'uncryptable encraption', and it's an innovation

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The Gain "Ready Steady Smash"Existing from 1992-1998, The Gain released a slew of 7"'s, a live 10" and an album. One of the more unique aspects of The Gain was their love for Mod Rock during a time where Mod was ancient history (i.e. before it's recent 3rd wave). Their Mod influence combined with modern pop sensibilities provided for some really great songs that have gone totally unappreciated.

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Buglite "Last Day of School"Hailing from Philladelphia, Buglite was one of the more unique Mutant Pop bands. For starters they had this hippie theme going on which is usually the antithesis of punk rock but somehow they made it work for them. 1960's flower boy/girl cartoon art graced most of their 7" covers. To be honest i'm not sure what the hell they were thinking but they wrote some catchy

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Cringer's Greatest HitsBefore J Church there was Cringer. Cleverly naming themselves after He-Man's companion and releasing a slew of records on different labels (noteably Lookout Records and Vinyl Communications) they rocked the East Bay Pop Punk scene ala early 90's (maybe even late 80's?).Here are two tracks off their "Greatest Hits" compilation.Cringer - Burn Down The ForestCringer - Pay To

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